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clot

(klŏt)

1. A thick, viscous, or coagulated mass or lump, as of blood.

2. A clump, mass, or lump, as of clay.

3. A compact group: a clot of trucks blocking the tunnel's entrance.

v. clot·ted, clot·ting, clots

v.intr.

To form into a clot or clots; coagulate: The blood clotted over the wound.

v.tr.

1. To cause to form into a clot or clots.

2. To fill or cover with or as if with clots.

[Middle English, from Old English clott, lump.]

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clot

(klɒt)

1. a soft thick lump or mass: a clot of blood.

2. informal Brit a stupid person; fool

vb, clots, clotting or clotted

to form or cause to form into a soft thick lump or lumps

[Old English clott, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch klotte block, lump]

ˈclottish adj

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clot

(klɒt)

n., v. clot•ted, clot•ting. n.

1. a mass or lump.

2. a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood.

3. a small compact group of individuals; cluster.

4. Brit. blockhead.

v.i.

5. to form into clots; coagulate.

v.t.

6. to cause to clot.

7. to cover with clots.

8. to cause to become blocked or obscured.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English clott lump]

clot

(klŏt)

A thickened or solid mass formed from a liquid: a blood clot.

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clot

Past participle: clotted
Gerund: clotting

Imperative
clot
clot

Present
I clot
you clot
he/she/it clots
we clot
you clot
they clot

Preterite
I clotted
you clotted
he/she/it clotted
we clotted
you clotted
they clotted

Present Continuous
I am clotting
you are clotting
he/she/it is clotting
we are clotting
you are clotting
they are clotting

Present Perfect
I have clotted
you have clotted
he/she/it has clotted
we have clotted
you have clotted
they have clotted

Past Continuous
I was clotting
you were clotting
he/she/it was clotting
we were clotting
you were clotting
they were clotting

Past Perfect
I had clotted
you had clotted
he/she/it had clotted
we had clotted
you had clotted
they had clotted

Future
I will clot
you will clot
he/she/it will clot
we will clot
you will clot
they will clot

Future Perfect
I will have clotted
you will have clotted
he/she/it will have clotted
we will have clotted
you will have clotted
they will have clotted

Future Continuous
I will be clotting
you will be clotting
he/she/it will be clotting
we will be clotting
you will be clotting
they will be clotting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been clotting
you have been clotting
he/she/it has been clotting
we have been clotting
you have been clotting
they have been clotting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been clotting
you will have been clotting
he/she/it will have been clotting
we will have been clotting
you will have been clotting
they will have been clotting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been clotting
you had been clotting
he/she/it had been clotting
we had been clotting
you had been clotting
they had been clotting

Conditional
I would clot
you would clot
he/she/it would clot
we would clot
you would clot
they would clot

Past Conditional
I would have clotted
you would have clotted
he/she/it would have clotted
we would have clotted
you would have clotted
they would have clotted

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Noun	1.	clot - a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid coagulum chunk, clod, glob, lump, clump, ball - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" thrombus - a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin embolus - an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
Verb	1.	clot - change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood" coagulate change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" curdle - turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled"
	2.	clot - cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state coagulate alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	3.	clot - turn into curds; "curdled milk" clabber, curdle change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
	4.	clot - coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" clog coalesce - fuse or cause to grow together

clot

noun

1. lump, mass, clotting, curdling, gob, embolism, coagulation, thrombus (technical), occlusion, embolus (technical) He needed emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.

2. (Brit. informal) idiot, fool, dope (informal), jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), ass, plank (Brit. slang), berk (Brit. slang), prick (derogatory slang), wally (slang), prat (slang), plonker (slang), charlie (Brit. informal), coot, nit (informal), geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), buffoon, dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), dolt, divvy (Brit. slang), pillock (Brit. slang), nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), dunderhead, numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), fuckwit (taboo slang), dickwit (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numbskull or numskull, twerp or twirp (informal) He has always been a bit of a clot.

verb

1. congeal, thicken, curdle, coalesce, jell, coagulate The patient's blood refused to clot.

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clot

verb

To change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass:

coagulate, congeal, curdle, gelatinize, jell, jelly, set.

Translations

أحْمَق، أهْبَلكُتْلَه مُتَجَمِّدَهيَتَجَمَّد، يتخثّر

hlupákpitomecsraženinasrážet se

klumppropstørkne

Klumpen gerinnen GerinnselKlumpen bildenTrottel

θρόμβος πήζω

coágulo

hyytynyt veripisaratyperys

caillot coaguler grumeau imbécile buche

vércsomóvérrög

kjáni, fábjánikökkurstorkna

coagularsi grumo raggrumarsi coagulo cumulo

krešėtikrešulyskvaiša

kunkulisnejēgasaiet kunkuļossarecēttrombs

blodpropp levre seg størkne størknet klump størknet masse

krzepnąć

zrazenina

ahmak aptal pıhtıpıhtılaş mak

使凝块凝块呆子

clot

[klɒt]

A. N

1. (Med) → embolia f; [of blood] → coágulo m
clot on the brain → embolia f cerebral

2. (= fool) → papanatas mf inv, tonto/a m/f del bote
you clot! → ¡bobo!

B. VI (Med) → coagularse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

clot

[ˈklɒt]

[blood] → caillot m

(= stupid person) → ballot m

vi [blood] (internally) → former des caillots; (externally) → (se) coaguler

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clot

(of blood) → (Blut)gerinnsel nt; (of milk) → (Sahne)klumpen m

(Brit inf: = person) → Trottel m

vt blood → zum Gerinnen bringen

vi (blood) → gerinnen; (milk) → dick werden

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clot

[klɒt]

1. n (Med) (also blood clot) → coagulo, grumo (fam) (idiot) → scemo/a, zuccone/a
to have a clot on the brain/in the leg → avere un grumo (di sangue) nel cervello/in una gamba

2. vi → coagularsi

clot

(klot) noun

1. soft or fluid matter (especially blood) formed into a solid mass. a clot of blood.

2. a fool or an idiot.

verb – past tense, past participle ˈclotted –

to form into clots. Most people's blood clots easily.

clot

n. cóagulo, cuajo, grumo,

pop. cuajarón.

clot

n coágulo; — buster (fam) trombolítico, medicamento que disuelve los coágulos; vi (pret & pp clotted; ger clotting) coagularse

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He stood by, patting and stroking me while I was eating, and seeing the clots of blood on my side he seemed very vexed.

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Clots of blood had formed in the bruised and broken mass, in colour like the dregs of wine.

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Towards him the old man sometimes directed his eyes for an instant, and then brought them back again to the candle; which with a long-burnt wick drooping almost double, and hot grease falling down in clots upon the table, plainly showed that his thoughts were busy elsewhere.

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de Bassompiere, saw clots of blood upon the chessboard?"

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